Routes pictured are based on maps from the map collection at Cornell University Library (with special thanks to Nij ...

Strong consumer spending has supported growth in Asia’s three largest economies this year, but there are already signs that the region’s recovery may be running out of steam. We expect growth in Asia ...

Credit: Screenshot of the Oxus Society Central Asia Resource Tracker The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs recently released the Central Asia Resource Tracker, a public dataset that maps reserves ...

When I checked my 10-year-old daughter’s TikTok messages in early February 2026, I expected to find the usual mix of dance challenges, school jokes and anime clips. Instead, I saw a stranger ask her, ...

Mayor Mamdani has proposed eliminating gifted-and-talented programs for kindergarteners as a means of addressing the schools' racial divisions. Michael Brochstein/ZUMA / SplashNews.com Rep. Alexandria ...

Indonesia began enforcing restrictions on social media accounts for children under 16 on Saturday, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to adopt nationwide curbs as governments worldwide take ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Indonesia is the latest Asian country to block Under-16s from social media, as the region leads the global crackdown. Neighboring Malaysia was the first in the world to follow Australia's pioneering ...

People play football at Higashi-Ogishima Higashi Park, as energy storage tanks are seen near an oil refinery in the Keihin Industrial Zone, a major industrial belt of Tokyo Bay, in Kawasaki, Japan, on ...

Asia is struggling to obtain spot LNG cargoes for emergency supply this month as the halt to Qatar’s exports tightened the market and reignited competition with Europe for promptly available supply.

Governments across Southeast Asia are taking steps to limit the economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East, keeping a wary eye on the impact of higher oil prices and supply-chain ...